A FEW PICTIRES OF INDIA(KOLKATA) FISH MARKET

In INDIA i live in KOLKATA,i am very glad to say that here in every sunday there's a place named GALLIF STREET(name of a street)where fish market occurs.the wholesellres and even new comres or fish hobbyists go here to collect fish @ cheap rate.here i show u some of the pictures of that fish market....

at the same time i am glad to mention u that in india only in kolkata this fish market happens bcoz in kolkata u see in 30% house there's an aquarium...even i just come from that fish market .today i just buy some plants like anacharis sp,echinodorous sp,hydrila,cabamba...

a few more pictures...

in this pic from bottom left u see parrot,flower horn,discus,arowana,mono angel and on top from left albino red tail shark,parrot and black ghost knife(feather fin)...

the fishes to be sell are hanging into the plastic

a man selling fish...

this man sells only the costly fish,here in the fish market only this man sell discus ...i buy all my discus from this man....

you don't live in america?
wow, that's a cool place,
but that must be stressful
for the fish.

That is amazing! It is also very interesting. Thank you for sharing. I have never seen anything that resembles that here. The closest I have come is the fish market in Seattle Washington, but the fish there are already dead and are sold for food. I have to agree with jesskozzy, that must be quite stressful for the fish. I would be interested to know how much you pay for your discus in the equivalency of US dollars. Your fish are very nice and appear to be of good quality. Here, if we are not careful, we would end up paying a fish store a lot of money for a sick runty fish. Fortunately, most of us know better and not a lot of stores sell discus for that reason.

i agree with u miss mehgam or miss jesskozzy that in this way the fish may be stressfull.but the sellers are also very carefull for the fishes.they have a good quality oxygeting system for that,so for every costly fish they provide oxygen gas in free of cost,if anyone oxygen the fish then it can easily live 10 hrs here.even in the fish market some people are there to supply oxygen bcoz many people come from a dist place..now 2 yrs ago india govt allowed the discus that would came from singapore or hong kong,but now a days india govt. banned it.so the main supplires from mumbai(u must hear the city)...in my album u see my red map discus is about 8 inch,here in thet fish market it costs $80($1=40 rs in india)and the blue diamond i bought just prev month,it cost $50 pair.u can see the size in my album...

Thank you for sharing those pictures. They're really fascinating, and I hope you post more. How many sellers are usually in the market?

this fish market is about almost 1 km long ...and i think there are min 100 fish sellers and 50 aquarium plant sellers are there.. today i bought those plants,today in kolkata the temp is 42 deg celcious a record breaking of 10 yrs.today i see there are not too many fishes are there due to so much heat rather than more and more plants sell today..

where is gallif street? I stay in Kolkata...are there any good landmarks??

oh great..galif street is near shyam bazar.you may hear that "shyam bazar pach mathar more." from there you go towards dunlop..then after wqalking 5 minutes you find "vivekananda bridge" and a cannel..beside the cannel the road is called galif stret..moreover you just ask anyone about "pakhir hat" or "galif street" at shyambazar..everyone told you...
where do you live?pls join in this forum...

Nice pictures achintya. We have similar markets here in Thailand. I hope to get some pictures of my local market soon although they don't keep so many in bags. I'm intersted in the price differences between Thailand and India. I just paid $1.40 each for a pair of small clown loaches. What would you pay?

oh my lord,thailand is much more cheaper than indian fish market..for small pair of clown loaches i have to pay here $6.....

really achintya you done a great job for puting galiff street, kolkata to world market. really it is unknown to many fish lover.
thanks.
mohan
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ya,absolutely true you are.even sometimes i amaze to hear that many people of kolkata don't know this place...there are a whole seller named lala da.i buy all discus from him.mohan i do call you.
i also request you to join here in this forum..there are lots of experienced members in this forum.

As I said before, those pictures of the Indian fish market were amazing. Please send more when you can.

LOL the guy in the last picture looks like he's up to something. But this is so cool, I wish we had bizzars and street markets in america. I went to one in egypt and it's like you can get anything you want for practicly nothing. plus it's so much more open then stores.

I once saw a picture of an aquarium shop in St. Petersburg, Russia. Everything was very formal.

ya it is much more open,but the people sell fish here have their own LFS.they also sell here because of more selling..

i was recently in singapore and they were selling fishes out of bags. pretty cool. i was like yeah.....i worry about the mortality rate of the fihses though, due to lack of temperature control....maybe the normal weather is 78-80 all the time, so no worries...

i delighted hear from you. i am doing alone for my aquarium gathering information from internet to book but i do some costly mistek while working on aquarium. so i need some useful tips. i readly agree to join the form. thanks a lot.
mohan
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here in galiff street, kolkata (india) is everything informal. from ornamental fish, aquatic plant, birds to video cd you get here in this weekly market. i love to visit every sunday. i wish you will also visit whenever you are visiting india
thanks
mohan

thanks for the input you provide.what type of fish you have in your tank?how many years you are in this hobby?from whom you buy fish and equipments?what plants you keep in your tank?
and also i request to join here.this is the best friendly forum related with aquarium i have ever seen.if any fish related query just email me.my email id is-> This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Hi...I am new to this aquarium hobby.. I live in Bhubaneswar, Orissa. The specification of my tank is Length: 3 feet
Width : 1.5 feet
Height :2 feet

Could you pls. suggest as to how to make the aquarium water crystal clear? I don't overfeed my fish. I have an automatic thermoter installed as well. I have also installed a wet power filter as well

Thanks
Bikash

Welcome to the forum!
What are your water readings? Ammonia, nitrite and nitrate? Which fish do you have in there? How often do you change their water?

at the same time i want to know which is your bottom feeder?which type of fish you have in your tank?

ca u ppost more pics?

Hi..Thnks 4 replying to my query...am new to this hobby...cud u pls. let me know as to where to get water testing kits...here in bhubaneswar the retailers have absolutely no idea or even if they have they don't divulge the same to customers

hv attachd few pics as well
awaitng ur response...

rgds
bikash